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Table 1 Pre registration public health and inequalities subject areas

From: Public health education for midwives and midwifery students: a mixed methods study

 

Method of inclusion

Length of time of session (s)(range in hours)

Integrated

Specific

Not included

Missing

Principles of Public Health

22

11

3

1

2-10

Health & Social Care Policy

29

5

2

1

2-6

Epidemiology

26

2

5

4

1.5-6

Substance Misuse

30

3

1

3

1.5-11

Smoking

30

3

2

2

1-6

Obesity/Weight Management

25

2

8

2

1-6

Maternal Nutrition

31

0

4

2

1.5-3

Health Promotion

27

7

1

2

1.5-4

Health Education

28

5

2

2

1.5-4

Blood Borne Viruses

31

2

3

2

1-4

Domestic Violence

33

1

1

2

2-6

Homelessness

19

0

15

3

1.5-3

Ethnic Minority

25

2

8

2

1.5-4

Asylum/Refugee

23

2

10

2

1-6

Travellers

21

0

13

3

1.5-3

Parent Support Initiatives

29

2

4

2

1-6

Breast Feeding/Infant nutrition

31

4

0

2

3-16.5**

Teenage Pregnancy

28

2

4

3

1-6

Sexual Health

28

3

3

3

2-10

Sexual Orientation

25

2

8

2

1-6

Perinatal Morbidity

30

3

2

2

2-12

Perinatal Mental Health

31

4

0

2

1.5-14

Child Protection

33

1

0

3

1-6

Optimising Birth*

19

2

0

16

2.5-7

  1. *paper responses only.
  2. **range excludes 1 institution which offered 140 hours.